16 Related Articles from 2018-11-19

American downhillers: A need for speed. Lips turning blue, they shiver in ice baths, unable to escape. Only the cooperation of teammates solving mental puzzles and completing physical challenges can release them from the water's frozen grip. >>

Budgets, family drama and stuff: How do you manage holiday gift-giving?. Americans are expected to spend $1,007 this holiday season, most of it on gifts. Here are how some families are managing on limited budgets. >>

Hedge funds' historic bond bet swing suggests Fed close to cycle end: McGeever. A potentially huge shift is underway in the U.S. bond market, underscored by a historic swing in hedge fund positions: investors are beginning to think the U.S. economy is close to peaking and the... >>

Holiday budgeting tips: 3 ways to give thoughtful gifts without overspending. Americans are expected to spend more on gifts this holiday season. Here are three ways to stay on budget but maintain the festive spirit. >>

It's that time of year, when charities make such insistent pleas that even the dead pay up. My father-in-law passed beyond the reach of the U.S. Postal Service almost 10 years ago, and yet his mail keeps coming. The world of the living, and especially the world of solicitation, still reaches out to him. This time of year they are most insistent. When he moved into a rest home near the... >>

Joaquin Phoenix spotted in full costume as Joker while running from Gotham cops. As production on Warner Bros.' upcoming Joker movie continues production, Joaquin Phoenix was spotted filming scenes in his full Joker costume and as Arther Fleck. >>

Kansas official's "master race" comment sparks outcry. Louis Klemp cited the master race - the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy - at a board meeting while responding to a presentation by a black official >>

Many US parents to skip kids' flu shots. Thirty-four percent of US parents said their child was unlikely to get the flu vaccine this year, according to a report published Monday by C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. >>

Number of Americans who practice witchcraft estimated to be as high as 1.5 MILLION. The United States has seen a sharp increase in the number of those who identify as witches or practice witchcraft, according to recent studies. >>

One-third of US parents plan to skip flu shots for their kids this season. During the last US flu season, 179 children died, with hundreds hospitalized due to flu-related illnesses; 80% of the children who died were unvaccinated. >>

Polyamorous events planner plans to break sex party record by organising 1,000-person orgie. Pearl Derriere, 29, from Denver in the US, has a live-in boyfriend Dan Patrick, and also a long-term girlfriend. She's currently helping to plan what she hopes will be the biggest ever orgy. >>

Rebecca Berg, Brendan Buck. They met in the basement of the United States Capitol while she was on a call with a source and he was mingling with reporters. >>

Turbulent stock market spooks some older workers, retirees. Recent turbulence in the U.S. stock markets is spooking some older workers and retirees, a group that was hit particularly hard during the most recent financial crisis >>

US stocks set for slightly higher open amid conflicting signals over global trade tensions. U.S. stock index futures were slightly lower Monday morning but still indicating a higher start to the trading day for the major U.S. indexes. >>